Which of the Following Is a Normative (Rather Than a Positive)

question 11

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a normative (rather than a positive) statement?

• A)The (nominal) minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.
• B)Public education should be funded primarily at the state level.
• C)The federal debt exceeds $8 trillion.
• D)At its peak, unemployment exceeded 10% during the 2007 recession.
• E)The average wage of high-school dropouts has fallen by 20% since 1970.

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Definitions:

Concurrent Discrimination

A learning process where two or more stimuli are presented at the same time and the subject learns to discriminate between them, often responding to one and not the others.

Two-choice Discrimination

A method used in behavior research to determine an organism's ability to distinguish between two different stimuli.

Conditional Discrimination

The process where an organism learns to respond differently to various stimuli depending on the conditions or context.